CLASSIC VIDEO GAMES
TRY EXPLAINING TO YOUR KIDS HOW THIS 1972 4-LETTER ARCADE GAME FROM ATARI WAS THE COOLEST THING EVER FOR A WHILE
WHAT IS PONG?
THE WORLD ALMANAC'S LIST OF INVENTIONS GOES FROM THE ADDING MACHINE TO A 1913 IMPROVEMENT OF THIS FASTENER.
WHAT IS A ZIPPER?
THE SPLIT-JAWED TYPE OF THESE CONSTRICTING SNAKE IS NATIVE TO THE ISLANDS OF MAURITIUS
WHAT IS THE BOA?
IN PORTUGUESE:LARANJA
WHAT IS ORANGE?
IF YOUR PARTNER ASKS FOR "3'S" BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY, TELL THEM THIS, THE NAME OF THE GAME
WHAT IS GO FISH?
INTRODUCED IN 1982, THIS SEQUEL HAD AS BIG AN APPETITE AS HER MALE PREDECESSOR
WHAT IS MRS.PACMAN?
AROUND 1870, CHRISTOPHER SHOLES AND 2 FRIENDS INVENTED THE FIRST PRACTICAL ONE OF THESE , INCLUDING A QWERTY KEYBOARD
WHAT IS A TYPEWRITER?
THE AMUR TIGER, ALSO KNOWN AS THIS TIGER, RANGES FROM SOUTHEASTERN RUSSIA TO NORTHERN CHINA
WHAT IS THE SIBERIAN TIGER?
IN SPANISH: ROJO
IT'S ALSO CALLED "TABLE SOCCER" AND "THAT GAME WHERE YOU SPIN THE RODS"
WHAT IS FOOSBALL?
HE WAS A BOUNCING ORANGE CRITTER WITH A BIG NOSE AND AN ASTERIK IN HIS NAME
WHAT IS Q*BERT?
IN JUNE 1974, A PACKAGE OF WRIGLEY'S GUM BECAME THE FIRST PRODUCT SCANNED WITH ONE OF THESE.
WHAT IS A BARCODE?
WE HAVE GOOD HOPE YOU CAN TELL US THIS ALTERNATE NAME FOR THE AFRICAN BUFFALO (IT LIVES IN AFRICA, BY THE WAY)
WHAT IS THE CAPE BUFFALO?
IN DUTCH: BRUIN
WHAT IS BROWN?
USED TO FORETELL THE FUTURE, THIS GAME GETS ITS NAME FROM THE FRENCH AND GERMAN WORDS FOR "YES"
WHAT IS OUIJA?
APPROPRIATELY THE HIGHEST LANCE WON IN THIS CLASSIC GAME; LESS APPROPRIATELY, THERE WERE FLYING OSTRICHES.
TIME MAGAZINE'S BEST INVENTIONS OF 2016 INCLUDED THIS AKRON, OHIO COMPANY'S SPHERE-SHAPED TIRES THAT ROLL SIDEWAYS.
WHAT IS GOODYEAR?
INDONESIA'S THE PLACE TO SEE THIS APE WHOSE NAME COMES FROM MALAYSIAN FOR "PERSON OF THE FOREST"
WHAT IS THE ORANGUTAN?
IN GERMAN: SCHWARZ
WHAT IS BLACK?
IN CRAPS IF YOU BET ON THE PASS LINE ON THE OPENING ROLL, YOU WIN WITH THE TOTAL SEEN HERE OR WITH THIS OTHER TOTAL
WHAT IS 11?
YOU HAD LEFT, MIDDLE, AND RIGHT FIRE BUTTONS IN THIS GAME, ALSO THE NAME OF THE U.S. UNIT KNOWN AS MICOM.
WHAT IS MISSLE COMMAND?
IN 1971, 3 ENGINEERS INVENTED THIS COMPANIES 4004 CHIP, THE WORLD'S FIRST SINGLE-CHIP MICROPROCESSOR
WHAT IS INTEL?
GO DEEP (THROUGH NOT 20,000 LEAGUES) TO FIND THE ARCHITEUTHIS DUX, THIS RARELY SEEN CEPHALOPOD
WHAT IS THE GIANT SQUID?
IN ITALIAN: GIALLO
WHAT IS YELLOW?
IF YOUR CORNERED IN KAMCHATKA, END THIS BOARD GAME BY BUMPING YOUR OPPONENT'S ARMIES OFF THE BOARD.
WHAT IS RISK?